Buhari meets security chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has received briefings from the Chief of Defence Staff, service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and other heads of security agencies at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Also at the meeting are the ministers of defence, Bashir Magashi; justice, Abubakar Malami; police affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

It was gathered that attendees at the meeting are expected to brief the president on the current security situation across the country as well as proffer solutions.

This is as banditry, kidnapping, and killings have escalated in the country.

The insecurity situation in the country worsened with the emergence of criminal gangs, often with hundreds of members, who raid communities, steal cattle and kidnap residents for ransom after looting and burning homes.

Many northern states, especially Kaduna, Katsina ,Zamfara, and Niger states are the worst hit with people being kidnapped for weeks and months.